Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-12

lry telerraah 20 TIC Disps,chl
CrctOo, August lit is reported
tlata an excursion train on the Toledo.
Pc,ua and Warsaw railroad went
through q bridge - Chat,sworth. M.
Date last night, and one hundred peoplo
voic killed. sud injured. The train
consisted 81 fifteen ears, and was az
.or' to tie NlIcsrs Falls. 4 relief
tram witt tWeDty.foar doctorshas gone
N,u looua 20 tie scene OF the acei-
don't.
FipiSG 20 DEATH.
CmotCo. AUGUST IA dispa,eh
l'om tha''svorlh says Tho train loft
Soon nston lest night for Niagara
Fails m tie Illinois Central. the intcn.
ton being to $50 by that road as far rs
tlatieHoyih, zHj thence by way Of the
Io't.o, fccgis and Warsaw. The
Charge was made 81 Chattsworth. in
lVI stone county, and soon after
ward, ss tho tram ncarcd Piper City, u
small town ia lord coaEty, The bridge
crossing Nerlai.ion river gave way,
IlpalIg Tie engine and several cars
down o steep cmbaakmeut into the
stream. Ilc cars caught fire from the
lamps and a fearful pauic en,u,i. On
Investigation & was found that nearly
olc huGdFeu cNcuTsiOuists ware killed
or lr. ured. The conductor Of the Chi
rco and Alton passenger train. which
a- inst arriyrdin Chicago from Bloom
ir-.cn. where the Toledo, Peoria and
Warsaw and the Chicago and Alton
II.Uays connect. learned from one Of
l.t CONDUCTOR, Of the irst-named road
l.t tie excursion train. while on the
bulge Lear Piper City. came into col
~.Ou with another tram. The ears OF
tl Czcursi3n train were piled upon
..l other IN fyight,Gl confusion, anil
mm tAe shock of the collision tho
bridge gave wy. and several ears were
ir... iit.tcd into the stream. The con
.u.t.r. say tine killed numbered bc-
Co.,. u loIiy and fifty, aud the injured
nDic t-au twice that number. The
.....U. occurred some time between
I 80 all 3 O'Clock This morning.
... u>oi~es AID eiErErS coAcms.
Cr.l.o. August 1.-THE iniorma-
f.. re'vDl at the illinois Central Of
tbs chg is that the tram con
% two engines and sixteen
s Ihc culver, had been burned
..., about $50 miles east o. CHATS
.,'. uuahlv by prairie-iirss, AMI
tl O'Clock this morning the en-
..- .Li coaches went over.
OWL. c.E E.SD.ED KILLED.
a-utal Clattswor'h report, to
....r.l-Nauagcr j.. i. Jeffrey, OF the
.., Cuirl., tlatover1Oo are killed
.. ....ta bike number injured. he
r use BID .lItaer particulars. Two
... . gentlemen VINO had intended -
.,.Le l.d train reached Chicago
I- l.uu-. having at the last
.llt sectsd another route
,.. IIv say tls train was
r... rr 81, ,cria, So that probably
l ..yo ;Lr victims are from that
..lf..s iul...iLte vicinity. Twelve
,'..,r, l..m pcoil. incIu ling four
..D..-. .tlalsI 10 the train was
t..-r. .4~ Of tine superintendent
... .. ID Was tn cr occupied
D.. . ..I son. The departure
I-.u I-.t. r,- ~ = !. NJ, aud tho
....t+..r 50 tstske on another coach
t..I v.. ,rurHonists at Blooming
I... JIG ul Wa to bee by way Of
.t.f.. l1l., AMI Detroit. The
f.,. IS - have been fully
...u... .t ua,l tins great thr2ng OF
~.,ie net such fearful
r... .t tlc bridge over Nermllion
ls.-
t>oIl lib ACCOUNT.
l... oh1a. It1.. August 1.-THE
a-I4l.sc -cur-.ol tram on tue To-
t...I..I.a su} Wsrslv railway, con-
...e oi seventeen cosches and sleep
r.. O.u..l with passengers from 'e-
.... il.. aal points along the line,
wrecked two and one hall miles
.t C.a.tspouh hy running into
Ht.- uly,rL The two engines
Sea. completely wrecked. together
.. ia coaches ami the DAS-
... -c.rs. Engineer McClintock WAS
.lv killed. The two trcmen
u motlsr engineer escaped serious
Ups. Tic ten cars were pncd on
..r 81 o.. two engines. beng tee
....l a.d piled ecloss and on top oil
D... otl,r. IL IS miraculous how any
...nel. ~ the coaches and engines 90
as Ocuuy over two car-.crstns OF the
.r a. and az are top of tho roa'loet
f 0.c coach rot person escaped ii
....l.r only q l.1v. Seventy dead
.,, been :aken out up to TINS hhe'
.la i.1 wounded ere now III Chat's-
worth. in the town hall. sehoo'-house'
ll depot.
Z. pner Citv there are LARGE nun,
l,rof woundcd-oyer fifty. Inc deau
,. estimated 1t over 100. The ears
rlt fire. bat the flames were put
B, the trxinmen and passengers.
q Law rain So la ebout two hours alt'r
tlc wreck and before the wo9ohHeu
could be- taken away, raining Tor Two
lour. The people are DONG al '"'y
can FOR the wounded. D...,,.
pjolrh. III. August ll.-DispatcAsS
received 10y tAe Irda'crQ' up 10 II IL
n from the scene Of the accident con,
l,m the repmt that fully one mnIref
r,rlillrd. AmoDg tine victims are tnc
following Mrs. zimmerman anu
IaIcl,joucinQ to Joe Neal, OF Ioorli.
Among the injured ure G. ). j. D 1,
...n of PEORIA. slightly ; Miss Pearl
AS@,,e and Mrs. Kitty WEIGH. OF REQ
q" ,ibs broken; Robert Zimmerman
ia go, badlv hurt Miss May Mctoy'
=, oris. badly hurt Mrs. Joseph Neal ,S
pec,io leo broken +. 4. Parker Feo-
r;s ,cpiouslv NUT; Wallace Robinson
End Ms !. ". Grant, Peoria, danger
ousiy hunt
TEE DEAD ESTIMATED NJ TWO HUNDRED
prcrrA. IL, August ia private
5;1ratch from Superintendent Arm
.t,d,,c. Of the Toledo. Peoria and War
.sr road saws that 10 bodies have 80
lar leon taken out Of the wreck al
(.lsttsvorth. 4 newspaperspeclal esu,
80 tbe number Of dead at 2OO, ana
.ars 10 wounded have been counted.
cu.pUIC sr0EY OF DiSAs'h"'
aI,,I,e Eat,nay Horrors ." 'ie ''
tory Of tnis Country
SURPASSED.
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